River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-11
T. j. Erdman and many others near Daven-
| norf and Iannard

day afternoon, persons we've Killed out
right, several fatally injured, twenty badly
hurt aud "A good many less seriously
injured. These persons were upon the
rooted coat dock OF a 70 ! company, and
when the boat was released from its cage
some 80 feet of this dock was Knocked down
throwing 100 or more people into tue water.
Mathew lies, fifteen years Of age was
arrested with companion, Philip Hanke,
ct the Winoua a 81. Peserdepot at mona.
MINI, on a telegram fom Chasi.a TIE
boys Uete IuuaWdys nom t1et town and
took tie Wipoua Tain 81 Na7eca. lies had
So pud tbe O shef hoy sl0i. They said that
The runaway he'd been carefully pianaed
and bar a 40 en- comu1 niops expected 20
go with them bet coutd rot maize il wO,k
The father o. ties took bin BONE.
The Jolly report Tor Dakota of Stat
isdc'on sheridan shows that tie average
crop of the territory will be good aud salts
factory. though some localities have sut5eted
somewhat f. ON local storms nom gOphets
aud insects. The following IS Soc per cent.
for July: Coon g., Sniing wheat %.
Spring rye 50. Oats 3d. Barley. Sc.
IS Potatoes, 10i. Sorghum. o, Sugar Cane,
~, Apples, S. Grapes 100, limo by, CD,
Pastu So.
On he S,h, Joan Btse. yorng man
of Eruns wick Eau Claire Co, Wis, was
driving a team of horses and walt ng be-
hind. The team ran away, he ciu1g 10 the
lines aud was dragged through two fences.
large splinter bOm IA fence board vas
driven into his abdomen Surgeons re-
moved sixteen pieces OF wood from the
wound. He cannot recover.
As Ole Void, az o,A ,loye of George
Likeus of LeaIy, MIMI, was bathing in
pond SUNDAY afternoon he got beyond his
depth ard c,ied foe help. Johu Lu'sens
aged TWENTY-FIVE. came to his re #, aud
rushed into the water wilboUt stopping TO
undre-s GA coming within reach Void
took death s,i1p GA Luk'us AID both were
drowned before aid come.
Al Balo't, Wis. on ne Isl ,he Strong
81, ok stables, owned by William Fitzgerald
were de. Dyed by an inoeudiary fire to
gether VI, tEO ve'uabie stations belong
ing 60 William Appeby aud e.. ). Maltby,
and a cariia~e ho"ee owned 10y l.. b. Morse
Tie barn was ipsJred for Sl,00l in the Ger
man Ame,itUn OF New York, aud Mr.
App'eby 5 horse FOE $500.
A devastating prailie iire was re-
ported from ST. Joaepb S.earps Co, Nun.
on the STD 10 "a huud' ed acres had been
burned over prd seve. n formers had lost an
their grain aud L on. The fac was sDI cad
/ ing toward t1e woods and toe whole pOpu-
\ lation was ti9b,r X, nut with small sue
ces". The scene of pbe Il q is miles west of
st Cloud.
At le mud,lly fair heldat Shakopee,
Mimi, for August, The prices were not very
encouraging, tbeie he,ug more sellers than
purchasers Cows aud calves brought from
/ 81 TO . >, according go quality. Beef stock
was in good deWaud but toe supply was
not very CHOICE Many farmers appear TO
self stock on account ot pressing demands
for cash.
Hon. w ID. Waihbr-n of Mioae-
apolis has placed an order with Tiffany AZ
Co, the well known NeN York silveTsmiths
for la' trophy cup, which he proposes
to oiec as a pyl.e, 90 be competed for
annually at OFT smelling, 10y representative
ii u teams OF the national guard, competi-
ton opeu TO ali states end territories
On Wednesday as Ms. Peterson,
wife OF john Peter on, living near Fisher
Mum, was haying he horse ran away aud
dragged her uu4rr a Iarbed wire fence
Her face ana 30 ~ was horribly mangled.
The flesh OF the lot arm was stripped from
the shop'der ia ,be wrist leaving the bare
bone. The arm was amputated at the
shoulder.
The death IS reported, at Jackson
Z
founder OF Ca'1Oll COLLEGE. WauLesha. and
the first president lie was member of
the constitutional convention OF Wisconsin,,
the fl ., superintendent OF public inst nc
ton, aud memhe Of the fist board of
regents of the Wisconsin state university.
The steamer City Of Ashland, be-
longing to the Superior Lumber Company
of Ashland. having IN tow a raft Of logs,
. he Es... q. /
O'Clock Monday morning, turning 10 the
waters edge. The crew, consisting of
Capt Dougherty and five men were al
saved except one man the fireman.
A. G. Vancc's ranch on Rosebud
creek Montana twelve miles from Miles
City aud the Northern Pacific railroad. was
The sCeue of q Killing Thursday. A cowboy
named to T. Ryan was slipt through tue
head aud IN sautly killed by A. G. Vance.
! The trouble arose from ISLANDERS alleged to
have been set efOot by Ryan.
Theodore. youngest son of Gen. aud
Mrs. 5. p. Jeanisou, aged seventeen years,
died at Red Wing Mirp Thursday after
noon OF heart failure ensuing from an
Overworled constitution, which had
brought on dipthel ia The deceased was a
musician of marked ability.
On Monday Gov McGiH appointed
tue following members Of the Minnesota
State Board of Equalization, for new
districts: Eleventh district. j. +. Cooley,
Duluth; Fourteenth Hugh Thompson,
Fish T, Polk county; Fifteenth, George A..
Whitney, Wadena: Sixteenth, l.. j. Hall,
Morris, Stevens county.
At meeting of State Prison
inspectors at Saltwater, Mimi, on the 4th,
the board awa' ded the cont act for build
ing Kitchen aunex 10 George VI. Seymour
FOR S5Cl The board deCid d 10 use steam
in cooking The prisoners food and for
heating the resd u,es Of the warden end
q putty.
As Mrs. William Brey of Udolpho,
Mimi. was gathering eggs under granary
she was severely bitten on the hand by a
rattiesnahe cooled in the nest. She was
taken TO Blooming Prairie for medical
treatment. He arm and hand were badly
swollen.
1t Is reported that on account of the
poor c,ops hodges q Hyde will not open
their elaiu warehouses at Grand Meadow
aud Fountain. Cmgill Bros will close
the's at SpIing Valley. Fountain and Dex-
ter. all IN duuesotl.
a small steamboat with 30 members
ol q PIC HiC party on botiIu was tapolAed ny
a sudden squat Friday evening on Lake
Monowa, near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
five of the company were drowned.
Several mnGred men and teams have
gone to work on the WilImar q Sioux
Falls branch Of the Manitoba r. II. They
camp between Willmar and Granite Fails,
working in either direction
Freedom county, Mimi, has decided
to discontinue the hounties on gophers and
lackhrds, as they do not seem to decrease.
Two thousand dollars have been paid out
this year.
The st. Bernard Commandry knights
Templar of Chicago, went into camp at
Lake Miunetonka, Tuesday for a week, as
the guest of Zion Commandry of Mime
apohs.
c. i. Andrews, employed on the dam
at Brainerd, Mimi, was seriously injured
by plank triking him in the jaw knocking
out several teeth and nearly breaking his
neck.
A Minneapolis street car was
smashed up Sunday 10y collision with a
railroad freight train The driver and con
ductor of the street car were hurt.
The Peavy elevator at Sioux city was
burned by incendiary fire on the End, that
being the fifth time an attempt had been
made TO burn the property.
Six man were spalded to death by the